Sean Michael Kerner

Oracle gained several important properties as part of its blockbuster purchase of Sun Microsystems, including the open source OpenOffice.org project. And while Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) has continued to support the OpenOffice.org effort, its leadership is being challenged. As Datamation reports, a group called the Document Foundation wants to establish a leadership role in the future […]

For more on cloud computing and the enterprise, visit Internet.com’s new cloud computing site. Cisco, EMC and VMware have already banded together to provide different technical assets into an integrated virtualization offering. Now, France Telecom’s Orange Business Services is adding its name to the mix, partnering with the three tech heavyweights to deliver a managed […]

The leaders of the Rubinius implementation are out with the latest version of their alternative to the so-called Matz Ruby Implementation, or MRI. Rubinius 1.1 boasts performance and memory improvements, though it is still tracking the 1.8.7 version of Ruby, with plans to support the current 1.9.2 version in the next release. Even if it’s […]

From the ‘Where is AltaVista?‘ files: Today might be Google’s birthday, or at least one of several potential dates for Google’s birthday. Google itself has a birthday cake image on the main web search page today, though there is some debate (on wikipedia and elsewhere) on the date of Google’s birth. Is it the date […]

For more on cloud computing and the enterprise, visit Internet.com’s new cloud computing site. It seems major IT vendors have a cloud strategy for just about everything these days. Should unified communications be any different? IBM is trying to find out. For more than a decade, Big Blue has offered consulting services through its Integrated […]

Having a website is no longer a luxury for businesses and organizations of all types, but a necessity. Add to that the huge increase in personal websites and the solid growth in new domain names is easy to understand. The latest report by VeriSign puts the total number of domain registrations at 196.3 million. But […]

Browser innovations have picked up significantly the past few years, ever since Mozilla’s Firefox became a serious challenger to market leader Internet Explorer. And even as Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) responded with new versions of IE, Google (Chrome) and Apple (Safari) entered the fray with their own innovative browsers. As Datamation reports,Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is now […]

Red Hat has its eyes on the clouds. Thanks in large measure to a growing business line from its cloud-computing offering, the Linux vendor posted a 20 percent year-over-year increase in revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2011. In particular, the company has big plans for its Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) technology, powered […]

From the ‘Drupal Rulz’ files: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is following in the footsteps of the Whitehouse.  FCC.gov is set to embrace the same open source Drupal content management system technology that Whitehouse.gov has been using for almost a year. ” As an open source content management system, Drupal also enjoys a robust […]

From the ‘Firefox vs. Google Chrome‘ files: There are some people that believe that Google’s Chrome is winning the browser war for the fastest and possibly best browser — Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich is not one of them. Chrome is one mighty slick, minimal browser in my view and it’s certainly one that gives all […]

Novell and SAP have a longstanding partnership to improve the compatibility and interoperability of their respective products. This week, that relationship is deepening with the release of a new operating system for the enterprise-software vendor’s applications. With the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, Novell is offering an optimized version of its Linux product, […]

Cisco is building out its small business technology portfolio this week, taking the wraps off of the 300 series of managed switches, a Linux-based product that promises minimal training and setup. The product line offers a number of new features, including a browser toolbar to discover switches on the small business network, as well as […]